Bye Bye Tower Records

innerSpaceman · 10-11-2006, 07:55 AM

Well, I for one still went into to my local Tower once in a while. Prices did get higher, and selection smaller ... but I could still likely find something that I was looking for if I wanted it NOW. I will miss that convenience.

(btw Virgin on Sunset had a better selection than any Tower anywhere, but their new Hollywood store is a mere shell.)

I will say, though, it's not high prices that have driven me from the CD market ... but not knowing which will have spyware or piracy protection that won't allow me to make my own legitimate copies. It's the studio's own lame efforts to combat music "stealing" that have led me to steal so much music. Not paying the 4000% markup on CDs is just icing. Tower Records simply failed to adapt.

But it's too bad I'll have to drive half an hour to Hollywood if I want a CD in my hands today. Somehow that doesn't seem like progress.

10-11-2006, 07:55 AM	#25
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, I for one still went into to my local Tower once in a while. Prices did get higher, and selection smaller ... but I could still likely find something that I was looking for if I wanted it NOW. I will miss that convenience. (btw Virgin on Sunset had a better selection than any Tower anywhere, but their new Hollywood store is a mere shell.) I will say, though, it's not high prices that have driven me from the CD market ... but not knowing which will have spyware or piracy protection that won't allow me to make my own legitimate copies. It's the studio's own lame efforts to combat music "stealing" that have led me to steal so much music. Not paying the 4000% markup on CDs is just icing. Tower Records simply failed to adapt. But it's too bad I'll have to drive half an hour to Hollywood if I want a CD in my hands today. Somehow that doesn't seem like progress.
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